LaTaveya Vault's Lounge Discussions

Cool! All the best to you!

Happy to have you in the community LaTaveya Vault! Congrats on your two short films!

Congrats Louisa I know that your going to getting into great things

Amazing Kacee Well done, Kacee!

Thanks for lighting the way Kacee! Your hard work and due diligence have paid off.

Awesome! How's it going now? Any update?

Thank you so much for the amazing words of encouragement. I will update everyone after the Christmas holiday. But with that being said I have two amazing female producers onboard helping. Patience is most definitely needed when a story gets greenlit!!! More later. Everyone have a wonderful holiday and always believe in yourself and your ability!!!!

Awesome! I just finished my 3rd draft of my first pilot and it’s such a surreal feeling, I definitely understand! Good for you

Having finished a couple myself I can feel your pride :)

Congratulations on finishing up your second draft!

I have to confess, there is something about a completed script PDF that is aesthetically pleasing to me. I think it's attached to the sense of accomplishment. I'm awful at drawing, but I can look at a script and think 'yeah, I wrote this'.

Bridget, I'm excited for you, too...and wishing you all the VERY BEST! (And I like what you said about seeing a PDF version of a script you've finished!)

Congratulations, Bridget Klassen-Brule! An exciting time, indeed! I've submitted my script for coverage to an Industry Reader here on Stage 32 and the notes I received back were priceless. I would definitely suggest submitting your script there!

Congratulations

winning makes me happy and shuts people up!

Amen, amen, AMEN to that, Stephen!

Way to go on "My Missing Year," and more of the VERY BEST to you!

Great work, Stephen! Stick to your gut, and most of the time, it will beat any insight you can get from any other person.

This...

If you're looking to get to a place where you are pitching to Netflix, the first hurdle will probably be to get a Netflix-approved production company attached to your script. Then you would go in and pitch to Netflix together.

If you've got a script ready to go, start looking for production companies that fit your script that have worked with Netflix before (IMDBPro is a great resource for that) and start querying them. There are also some Execs on here on Stage 32 that take pitches and do coverage who have relationships with Netflix.

As far as the actual content of the pitch and what Netflix is looking for in a pitch, here is an amazing FREE webinar that Stage 32 did in conjunction with Netflix's Chris Mack: https://www.stage32.com/webinars/Stage-32-%20-Netflix-Present-Television...

Slightly disagree with others here. The place to start is to perfect your craft. Don't even try to pitch to anyone high on the food chain until you've written 5-8 scripts, rewritten them brutally, and have gotten truly honest feedback.

There's writers here who have had their material pitched to Netflix. I know at least one did so by connecting with some producers on either Inktip or it was my own site Script Revolution.

It doesn't have to be producers. I have a valuable actor wanting to walk something into Netflix with me as the writer. I just don't like the concept they want to pitch LOL. Plus, even as a writer with some credits now, I'm not sure I'd want to go in at that level.

The real elephant in the room here is why Netflix/Hulu? These are two of the biggest players in town who are absolutely swamped with people trying to get through the door. It couldn't be a more competitive environment to try and tackle as an unknown. That's before we even get into the topic of what kind of deals are made.

As for when you approach. That's a tough one when I reflect back on my own journey. I'd been writing for one year and had three scripts to my name when Amazon Studios selected one of my features. The nature of the business is to pick people up and drop them so I lean toward making powerful connections as early as you can. Producers tend to be attracted to artistic voice and personality so don't mind building long-term relationships with writers they feel have potential.

Richard RB Botto talked about this in his IGTV on Instagram. There's a lot of interesting lives on his IG account and on stage32 IG's as well. I strongly recommend it. And networking is a must.

Remember that there are other places to go to than Netflix. For a long time they were the only game in town but lots of other services are opening up so there's plenty of competition. Hulu, HBO Max, Paramount Plus, Amazon Studios are just a few.

On the good side of things they want you to tell them something that will knock them over. They want to hear about what you've done and you want to tell them. They want to be able to go to the other execs and say "You're going to love this." Don't be afraid to talk to them cause they would love for you to give them an idea that will change everything.

On the bad side it's not going to be easy. Lots of trial and error so be ready to adjust your strategy as you go. Then you just have to wait and try some more, wait again, then try again. A development producer asked for my Look Book, Series Bible, the episode scripts, and a a few weeks to go over everything. Just got to wait.